Coping structure

ABSTRACT

A coping structure is provided wherein a splice joint between a pair of normally inverted channel-like coping members is had through use of a splice member which cooperates inside the channels of the pair of coping members for covering a transverse seam between adjacent longitudinal ends of the coping members, the splice member web furthermore being biased to seam covering position by resilient means interposed between the splice member web and the web of a saddle, the saddle having legs engaging legs of the pair of coping members and being secured to a wall supporting the coping structure.

Attaway et al.

[4 1 Jan. 28, 1975 4] comm; STRUCTURE [75] Inventors: Julian ,1.Attaway; Randolph W.

Driggers, both of Tucker, Ga.

[73] Assignee: Miscellaneous Manufacturing Corporation, Tucker, Ga.

22 Filed: Sept. 7, 1973 21 Appl. No.: 395,277

[51] Int. Cl 1504f 19/02 [58] Field of Search 52/300, 502, 102,401,52/287, 403, 717, 58, 60, 466, 469, 465

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,959,259 11/1960 Meyer52/718 3,270,474 9/1966 Driggers 52/718 X 3,512,326 5/1970 Greene 52/300X 3,802,140 4/1974 Arkman 52/96 X Primary ExaminerFrank L. AbbottAssistant E.raminer-Carl D. Friedman Attorney, Agent, or Firm.lohn B,Armentrout [57] ABSTRACT A coping structure is provided wherein a splicejoint between a pair of normally inverted channel-like coping members ishad through use of a splice member which cooperates inside the channelsof the pair of coping members for covering a transverse seam betweenadjacent longitudinal ends of the coping members, the splice member webfurthermore being biased to seam covering position by resilient meansinterposed between the splice member web and the web of a saddle, thesaddle having legs engaging legs of the pair of coping members and beingsecured to a wall supporting the coping structure.

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saw Mr 4 L vanilla COPING STRUCTURE The present invention relates tocoping structure for covering the opposite upper side facial areas andtop of a wall, and is more particularly concerned with coping structurewherein a plurality of coping members are utilized for capping a walllongitudinally in series with one another.

An object of this invention is to achieve a coping splice jointinvolving adjacent longitudinal ends of a normally inverted channel-likepair of coping members and entailing use of a splice member inside thechannels of the pair of coping members, along with having splice supportstructure connected with the legs of the pair of coping members andmounted on a wall, and using resilient biasing means acting against thesplice member for urging the splice member upwardly against the pair ofcoping members.

Another object herein is to achieve coping splice joint structure of thecharacter indicated, and to support at least one of the pair of copingmembers through use of a contact member disposed inside the channel ofthe coping member intermediately of the opposite longitudinal ends ofthe coping member, through having structure supporting the contactmember and connected with the legs of the coping member and mounted onthe wall, this with introducing resilient biasing means in the copingfor urging the contact member upwardly against the coping member.

Other objects of this invention in part will be obvious and in partpointed out more fully hereinafter.

In accordance with the present invention a coping structure for cappinga wall is provided including a pair of channel-like coping membershaving contiguous longitudinal end portions which form a transverse seamwith one another. A web of each of the pair of coping members isdisposed over the top of a wall which thus is covered, and front andrear legs of each of the two coping members lead from the web of therelated coping member and are adjacent to the wall so as to cover upperfacial areas of front and rear sides of the wall respectively. The frontleg of each of the pair of coping members is characterized by having aflange to be engaged for restraining the coping member against upwardmovement forwardly in the coping structure and the rear leg of each ofthe two coping members comprises an end portion to be engaged at leastagainst upward movement of the coping member rearwardly in the copingstructure.

In splice and support means provided in the coping structure, a splicemember includes front and rear legs and a web interconnecting the latterlegs, for the splice member -to be disposed inside the channels of thepair of coping members and the splice member legs and web located acrossthe aforementioned transverse seam and in overlap with the legs and websof the pair of copingmembers. Further, in the splice and support means,a splice support structure adapted to be secured to the wall ischaracterized by including a web and front and rear legs depending fromthe web of the splice support structure so as, when installed, to havethe front and rear legs and web of the splice support structureinterposed between front and rear upper facial areas of the wall and thefront and rear legs and web of the splice member. The front leg of thesplice support structure has an end portion for engaging the front legflanges of the pair of coping members, and arresting upward movement ofthe pair of coping members, and the rear leg of the splice supportstructure has an end portion for being engaged with the rear leg endportions of the pair of coping members. A further feature resides inthat the web of the splice support structure includes a raised forwardweb portion for sustaining the splice member web contiguous to the websof the pair of coping members forwardly in the coping structure and forimpeding the pair of coping members forwardly against downward movementwhile the flanges of the front legs of the pair of coping members andthe front leg end portion of the splice support structure are engaged toarrest upward movement of the pair of coping members. The web of thesplice support structure also is characterized by having a lowerrearward portion ad jacent to the top of the wall.

The splice and support means further includes resilient biasing meansextending deflected between the web of the splice support structure andthe splice member web for urging the splice member upwardly against thewebs of the pair of coping members at least rearwardly of the forwardraised web portion of the splice support structure while the front legflanges of the pair of coping members engage the front leg end portionof the splice support structure and the rear leg end portions of thepair of coping members are engaged at least against upward movement ofthe pair of coping members rearwardly in the coping structure.

Should there be need, a similar additional normally invertedchannel-like coping member is introduced to the remaining opposite endof either of the pair of coping members already described, thus to forma further transverse seam and prolong the coping structurelongitudinally. Of course, as need may be, a plurality of such copingmembers may be introduced, as for example by adding those coping membersto produce transverse seams at both remaining opposite ends of theaforementioned pair of coping members. Each transverse seam accordinglyformed is accompanied by a corresponding splice and support meanssimilar to that already described, the thus added splice and supportmeans being installed upon the then appropriate upper portion of thewall and so as to be underneath the two particular coping members whichform the given transverse seam.

Another feature in accordance with the present invention resides in theprovision of contact and support means wherein a contact member andrelated support structure are provided inside the channel of a normallyinverted channel-like coping member of the character hereinbeforedescribed, the contact and support means being adapted to be installedupon a portion of the wall so as to be underneath the coping memberintermediately of the opposite longitudinal ends of the coping member.The support structure referred to includes a web and front and rear legsdepending from the latter web, and as installed is securely on the wall.The front leg of the contact support structure has an end portion forengaging the front leg flange of the coping member and arresting upwardmovement of the coping member forwardly in the coping structure, and therear leg of the contact support structure has an end portion for beingengaged with the rear leg of the coping member for at least arrestingupward movement of the coping member rearwardly in the coping structure.A raised forward portion of the web of the contact support structure isprovided for impeding downward movement of the coping member while thefront leg flange of the coping member and the front leg end portion ofthe contact support structure are engaged for arresting upward movementof the coping member. The contact support structure further ischaracterized by the web thereof having a lower rearward portionadjacent to the top of the wall, and the contact and support meansfurthermore includes resilient biasing means extending deflected betweenthe web of the contact support structure and the contact member web forurging the contact member upwardly against the coping member web atleast rearwardly of the forward raised web portion of the contactsupport structure while the front leg flange of the coping memberengages the front leg end portion of the contact support structure andthe rear leg end portion of the coping member and the rear leg endportion of the contact support structure are engaged at least againstupward movement of the coping member rearwardly in the coping structure.

The accompanying drawings include selected views in illustration, andnot limitation, of preferred embodiments of the present invention, inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view representing a coping structure installed on awall;

FIG. 2 is a transverse cross section taken in a vertical plane inclusiveof line 22 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 provides a detail representation of a splice member, and ofsplice support and biasing structure, and corresponds to FIG. 1;

FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7 represent modified embodiments of coping structureand are transverse cross sections comparable with FIG. 2; and

FIGS. 8 and 9 are broken away detail transverse cross sectional viewsrepresenting modified connections effected between rear legs of copingmembers and rear legs of splice support structure.

Referring now more particularly to FIGS. 1 and 2 herein, a copingstructure 10, represented installed upon a wall 16, such as a parapet,includes a plurality of channel-like coping members 11, which aresimilar in cross section, each comprising a web 12 which interconnects afront leg 13 and a rear leg 14 of the coping member. Adjacentlongitudinal ends of the coping members 11 form transverse seams 15 withone another in the installation, the member webs 12 being disposedcovering the top of the wall 16 and the front and rear legs 13 and 14 ofthe members being located forwardly and rearwardly outside upper sidefacial areas of the wall 16, respectively. The front and rear legs 13and 14 of each related coping member 11 introduce upwardly and inwardlyopen doubled lower end portions 13a and 14a which form downwardly andoutwardly directed flanges for the coping member to be engaged in amanner hereinafter to be described.

In the present embodiment and in the several other embodiments chosen tobe represented in the accompanying drawings, the coping members referredto are preferably made from aluminum alloy sheet material though ofcourse if desired the coping members may instead be produced from someother sheet material such as galvanized sheet steel or be formed asextrusions or molded products of any suitable composition.

At the transverse seams 15, the coping members 11 are connected with thewall 16 and are spliced. Accordingly, each such connection and splicejoint includes splice and support means 19 comprising a splice member 20and splice support structure 30 which are represented in detail in FIG.3. The splice support structure 30 comprises a wall saddle member 31provided with a web 32 and front and rear legs 33 and 34. A raisedforward portion 32a of the saddle member web 32 is integral with theupper end of front leg 33 and leads downwardly and rearwardly and isintegral with a lower rearward portion 32b of the saddle member web, thelower rearward portion of the latter web being integral with the upperend of rear leg 34. Lower outwardly and downwardly directed flange endportions 33a and 34a of the front and rear legs 33 and 34 are introducedfor engaging the front and rear flanges 13a and 14a of the copingmembers 11 thus to arrest upward and in fact downward movement ofthecoping members on the wall 16.

A plurality of the splice and support means 19, all of which aresimilar, are spaced apart from one another longitudinally of the wall 16so as individually to underlie the adjacent ends of the coping members11 at the transverse seams 15. In these positions, the wall saddlemembers 31 have their webs 32 bridging across the top of the wall 16from front to rear, and the front and rear legs 33 and 34 of the saddlemembers are respectively outside front and rear upper facial areas ofthe wall 16, meanwhile having the raised forward portions 320 of thewebs 32, and the upper ends of the front legs 33, projecting above thetop of the wall, and the lower rearward portions 32b of the-webs 32furthermore resting against the top of the wall. The wall saddle members31 accordingly positioned are secured to the wall 16 as by headedfasteners 59 introduced through appropriate apertures in the wall saddlemember legs and into the wall 16 or the saddle members are secured as byuse of a bonding material adhering each saddle member to the wall, thiswith or without the use of headed fasteners.

Splice member 20 in each of the splice and support means 19 isconfigurated to nest into the channel of any one or another of thecoping members 11 and includes front and rear legs 21 and 22 integralwith web 23 which interconnects the upper ends of those legs. Asinstalled in adjacent ends of a pair of coping members 11, web 23 of thesplice member overlaps the webs 12 of the pair of coping members at theunderneath side of the coping members while leading across the relatedtransverse seam 15, this with also having the front and rear legs 21 and22 overlap the front and rear legs 13 and 14 of the pair of copingmembers while extending across the related transverse seam 15. Adownwardly and outwardly directed lower end flange 21a of the splicemember leg 21 is entrant into the inwardly and upwardly open flanges 13aof the related pair of channel members 11 so as in this manner to havethe web 23 lie substantially against the webs 12 of the two channelmembers at the front. Rear leg 22 of the splice member is a straight legthroughout, and terminates at lower end slightly above the inwardly andupwardly open flanges 14a of the related pair of channel members 11 whenthe splice member 23 is brought up against the webs 12 of the twochannel members at the rear.

In the present embodiment, the splice members 20 and the wall saddlemembers 31 are made from galvanized sheet steel and by cutting andbending into form, though of course any other suitable material orforming operations may instead be resorted to if desired.

In installing any particular one of the similar splice members 20 acrossthe related seam 15, the splice member legs 21 and 22 advantageously areinitially sprung apart so as thereafter upon insertion of the splicemember into the channels of the pair of coping members 11 the legs 21and 22 inherently exert pressure upon the legs 13 and 14 of the twochannel members, thus closing against the seam 15 from the inside.

Describing further the similar splice seat structures 30, and byreferring to but one such splice seat structure 30, which is thought tosuffice, a spring strip 40 of galvanized sheet steel, or of any othersuitable resilient material has a rearwardly directed upper flange 40aand a forwardly directed lower flange 40b leading outwardly fromopposite sides of a normally rearwardly inclined intermediate connectingstrut 400 of the strip. The spring strip 40 is situated in the margindefined on the lower web portion 32b of the related wall saddle member31 from the rear leg 34 of the wall saddle member, and the lower flange40b is spot welded to the lower web portion 32b in order to have theintermediate strut 40c and the upper flange 40a resiliently project fromthe wall saddle member 31. A block of neoprene 41 or of other suitableresilient material, adhered to the lower web portion 32b of the wallsaddle member 31, is situated between the forward raised portion 32a ofthe saddle member web 32 and the spring strip 40 and coextendslongitudinally of the wall with the spring strip 40 and the supportingwall saddle member web.

With regard to any particular one of the splice seat structures 30securely on the wall 16 as hereinbefore described, a pair of the copingmembers 11 forming a transverse seam 15 at their adjacent longitudinalends outside the wall saddle member 31 of the splice seat structure 30have their front leg end flanges 13a engaging the front leg flange endportion 33a of the wall saddle member 31 and accordingly are arrestedforwardly in the coping structure against upward movement, whiledownward movement in order to release the front leg end flanges 13a ofthe pair of coping members from the front leg flange end portion 33a ofthe wall saddle member is impeded forwardly in the coping structure 10by the raised forward web portion 32a of the saddle member web and theresilient block 41. Meanwhile, with the rear leg end flanges 14a of thepair of coping members 11 engaging the rear leg flange end portion 34aof the wall saddle member 31 against upward movement of the two copingmembers, the splice member web 23 is thrust upwardly against the webs 12of the two coping members under bias of the spring strip 40 and theresilient block 41. Further, in the present embodiment, it will beunderstood that the plurality of splice and support means 19 are thecoping members 11 used in the coping structure 10 are proportioned sothat when the wall saddle members 31 are properly installed on the wall16 and the front and rear leg end flanges 13a and 14a are engaged withthe corresponding front and rear leg flange end portions 33a and 34a ofthe wall saddle members 31, the webs 12 of the coping members 11 sloperearwardly and downwardly int he coping structure while the webs 23 ofthe splice members 20 are supported on bias of the spring strips 40 andthe resilient blocks 41 on the wall saddle members 31 up against thecoping member webs 12 and across the transverse seams 15. if desired,each seam is sealed off by the addition of a caulking compound or of anyother suitable sealant between the related splice member and thecorresponding end portions of the coping members 11 in the joint. Incertain embodiments still in accordance with the present invention theupper end of the resilient block 41 and the upper flange 40a of theresilient strip 40 may instead be affixed to the web of the splicemember 20 thus to have a lower free end of the resilient block and alower free flange of the strip press upon the saddle member web 32 forbiasing the splice member upwardly into contact with the coping members11 at the seam 15.

As need may be in the present embodiment, support and connection withthe wall 16 of any particular one of the coping members 11,intermediately of the opposite longitudinal ends of the coping member,is for example had through use of one or more of the splice and supportmeans 19 hereinbefore described, but installed on the wall and connectedwith the coping member 11 intermediately of the opposite longitudinalends of the coping member so as to have the associated splice member 20removed longitudinally of the coping member from any of the transverseseams 15 and serve merely as an intermediate contact or shim memberagainst the web 12 of the coping member within the coping memberchannel. One such installation is designated as 19a in H0. 1 and intransverse cross section is similar to FIG. 2 except for the fact thatthe installation is removed longitudinally of the coping member 11 fromeither of the transverse seams 15 at the opposite longitudinal ends ofthe coping member.

In the HO. v4 embodiment of the present invention, the coping structureas hereinbefore described is modifled to the extent that each of thewall saddle members 31 carries a biasing means which comprises a springstrip 42, such as of galvanized steel sheet, the spring stripfurthermore including a base 42a which is spot welded to the lower webportion 32b of the saddle member, a forwardly inclined strut 42bintegral with a forward flange 42c leading toward the forward raisedportion 32a of the saddle member web, and a rearwardly inclined strut42d integral with a rearward flange 42e leading rearwardly in the saddlemember.

The forward and rearward flanges 42c and 42a serve as presser feet incontact with the related splice or contact member 20 for the springstrip 42 to raise the related splice or intermediate contact member 20into contact with one or more of the coping members 11 depending uponwhether the particular saddle member 31 is installed intermediately ofthe longitudinal ends of one of the coping members 11 or is used forbridging across a transverse seam between two of the coping members 11.In certain embodiments in accordance with the present invention, thespring strips 42 disclosed as the biasing means used in connection withthe wall saddle members 31 are supplemented by pairs of blocks 43 and 44(see FIG. 5) such as of neoprene or of other suitable resilientmaterial. Typically, in this respect, block 43 is securely based uponthe lower web portion 32b of the related saddle member 31 so as to bebetween the forward raised portion 32a of the web 32 and the forwardflange 42a of the spring strip 42, and block 44 is securely based uponthis same lower web portion 32b and projects into contact with theunderneath side of the rearward flange 42e of the spring strip 42. Thetwo blocks 43 and 44 have their upper ends in contact with the web 23 ofthe related splice or intermediate contact member 20 and are heldcompressed while the flanges 42c and 42e of the spring strip 42 are alsoin contact with the web 23 and are held deflected, so as to bias thesplice or intermediate contact member 20 upwardly against the web 12 ofthe coping member or members 11 with which the wall saddle member 31 isassociated in the coping structure.

In FIG. 6, the embodiment therein represented introduces a truss detailalong with biasing means afforded on the wall saddle members 31. Thus, aspring strip 45 of galvanized sheet steel or of other suitable materialincludes a pair of bases 45a and 45b which respectively are spaced apartin forward and rearward bases 45a and 45b are interconnected by anintermediate rearwardly and downwardly sloping top truss component 45cand by oppositely downwardly and outwardly inclined side trusscomponents 45d and 45e respectively leading from the forward end of thetop truss component 45c to the rearward end of the forward base 45a andfrom the rearward end of the top truss component 45c to the forward endof the rearward base 45b, the top truss component 45c serving as a restfor the web of the related splice or intermediate contact member 20 andbeing directly under the rearwardly and downwardly sloping web 12 ofeither the pair of coping members 11 or the one of the coping members 11utilized in connection with the saddle member as hereinbefore described.The biasing means in the spring strip 45 includes a forward strut 45ffleading forwardly and upwardly inclined from the forward end of base45a, and a forward flange 45g integral with the upper end of the strut45fand projecting over the upper end of the raised forward web portion32a of the wall saddle member 31, and the biasing means in the springstrip 45 further includes a rearward strut 45h leading rearwardly andupwardly inclined from the rearward end of base 45b, and a rearwardflange 451' integral with the upper end of the strut 45h and projectingrearwardly above the lower web portion 32b of the wall saddle member 31.The flanges 45g and 451' prior to being installed in the copingstructure are sprung upwardly along with the struts 45f and 45h from thebases 45a and 45b so as to be deflected to the positions indicated inFIG. 6 through being installed in the coping structure and thus to biasthe web 23 of the associated splice or intermediate contact member 20upwardly against the web structure of either the coping member 11 or thepair of coping members 11 involved in the connection.

In a further embodiment, represented in FIG. 7, the coping structure issimilar to that of FIGS. 1 to 3, inclusive, but involves theintroduction of a network of apertures 32c in the lower web portion 32bof the wall saddle members 31 in order to have a cementing agentintroduced between the lower web portion 32b and the top of a wall onwhich the coping structure is installed ooze through the apertures 32cand thus achieve improved bond. Optionally, of course, headed fasteners59 may be used with or without the cementing agent for fastening thesaddle member to the wall and the same comment applies to the otherembodiments disclosed herein. It will also be observed that in the FIG.7 embodiment a spring strip 40 of the character described with referenceto FIGS. 1 to 3 is utilized secured in a rearward position on the lowerweb portion 32b for biasing the rearward portion of the splice orintermediate contact member web 23 upwardly against the web or webs 12of the coping member or members 11 in the connection, reliance meanwhilebeing placed upon the upper end of the raised forward portion 32a of thesaddle member 31 for maintaining contiguity of the forward portion ofthe splice or intermediate contact member web 20 to the web or webs 12of the coping member or members 11 in the connection.

In certain embodiments in accordance with the present invention, screwsare utilized for securing lower end portions of the rear legs of thecoping members to lower end portions of the wall saddle members, such asin FIG. 8 wherein each screw 47 has its shank through apertures 48 and49 respectively in a lower end portion of the coping member rear leg 14and in a lower end portion of the wall saddle member rear leg 34 andthreadedly engaged in the apertures with those portions, or such forexample as in FIG. 9 wherein each screw 50 has its shank engaged withthe coping member rear leg 14" through an aperture 51 in a lower endportion of the coping member rear leg and its shank latchedly engaging alower end latch portion 52 of the wall saddle member rear leg 34".

As the invention lends itself to many possible embodiments and as manypossible changes may be made in the embodiments and as many possiblechanges may be made in the embodiments hereinbefore set forth, it willbe distinctly understood that all matter described herein is to beinterpreted as illustrative and not as a limitation.

We claim:

1. In a coping structure for capping a wall, the com bination whichincludes; a pair of inverted channel-like coping members havingcontiguous longitudinal end portions forming a transverse seam and saidpair of coping members each comprising a web disposed over the top ofsaid wall, and front and rear legs projecting from said web andextending adjacent to said wall outside front and rear sides of saidwall respectively, said front and rear legs of each of said pair ofcoping members including portions to be engaged for restraining saidcoping member at least against upward movement forwardly and rearwardlyin said coping structure; and splice and first support means, said meansincluding a splice member comprising front and rear legs and a webinterconnecting said splice member legs, said splice member legs and webbeing across said seam and in overlap with said legs and webs of saidpair of coping members inside the channels of said pair of copingmembers, and splice support structure securely on said wall andincluding a web and front and rear legs interconnected by said web ofsaid splice support structure, said front and rear legs and web of saidsplice support structure being disposed intermediately of said wall andsaid front and rear legs and web of said splice member, said front legof said splice support structure having a portion to be engaged withsaid front leg portions of said pair of coping members for arresting atleast upward movement of said pair of coping members, and said rear legof said splice support structure having a portion for being engaged withsaid rear leg portions of said pair of coping members for arresting atleast upward movement of said pair of coping members, said splicesupport structure web comprising a raised forward web portion supportedby said front leg of said splice support structure for said splicesupport structure to sustain said splice member web while said splicemember web is contiguous to said webs of said pair of coping membersforwardly in said coping structure and impede said pair of copingmembers forwardly against downward movement, having said pair of copingmembers arrested at least against upward movement through said portionsof said front legs of said pair of coping members and said front legportion of said splice support structure being engaged, and said splicesupport structure further being characterized by said web thereof havinga lower rearward portion adjacent to the top of said wall, and saidsplice and first support means further including'resilient biasing meansextending deflected intermediately of said web of said splice supportstructure and said splice member web for supporting said splice memberweb while said splice member web is against said webs of said pair ofcoping members at least rearwardlyof said forward raised web portion ofsaid splice support structure and said front leg portions of said pairof coping members are engaged with said front leg portion of said splicesupport structure at least against upward movement of said pair ofcoping members forwardly in said coping structure and said rear legportions of said pair of coping members and said rear leg portion ofsaid splice support structure re engaged at least against upwardmovement of said pair of coping members rearwardly in said copingstructure.

2. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said webs ofsaid pair of coping members slope rearwardly downwardly in the copingstructure, having said front leg portions of said pair of coping membersengaged with said front leg end portion of said splice support structureand said rear leg portions of said pair of coping members and said rearleg portion of said splice support structure engaged.

3. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said biasingmeans of said splice support structure includes strip spring meansinterposed between said lower rearward portion of said splice supportstructure web and said splice member web and deflected for supportingsaid splice member web while said splice member web is against said websof said pair of coping members and said front leg. portions of said pairof coping members are engaged with said front leg portion of said splicesupport structure and said rear leg portions of said pair of copingmembers and said rear leg portion of said splice support structure areengaged.

4. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 3 wherein said stripspring means includes an inclined strut, and a presser foot extendingfrom said strut, said strut being connected with said web of either saidsplice member and said splice support structure and sprung having saidpresser foot contacting the other said web of said splice member andsaid splice support structure, for supporting said splice member webwhile said splice member web is against said webs of said pair of copingmembers and said leg portions of said pair of coping members are engagedwith said leg portions of said splice support structure.

5. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 3 wherein said stripspring means includes a pair of oppositely inclined struts, and presserfeet extending from said struts, said struts being connected with saidweb of either said splice member and said splice support structure andsprung having said presser feet contacting the other said web of saidsplice member and said splice support structure, for supporting saidsplice member web while said splice member web is against said webs ofsaid pair of coping members and said leg portions of said pair of copingmembers are engaged with said leg portions of said splice supportstructure.

6. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 3 wherein said stripspring means includes a pair of oppositely inclined struts, a basemember interconnecting said struts, and presser feet extending from saidstruts, said base member being connected with said web of either saidsplice member and said splice support structure and sprung having saidpresser feet contacting the other said web of said splice member andsaid splice support structure, for supporting said splice member webwhile said splice member web is against said webs of said pair of copingmembers and said leg portions of said pair of coping members are engagedwith said leg portions of said splice support structure.

7. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said biasingmeans includes resilient block means interposed between said lower webportion of said splice support structure and said splice member web andcompressed for supporting said splice member web while said splicemember web is against said webs of said pair of coping members and saidfront leg portion of said pair of coping members are engaged with saidfront leg portion of said splice support structure and said rear legportions of said pair of coping members and said rear leg portion ofsaid splice support structure are engaged.

8. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein screws, havingshanks through apertures in said rear leg portions of said pair ofcoping members and said rear leg portion of said splice supportstructure, interconnect said rear legs of siad pair of coping memberswith said rear leg of said splice support structure.

9. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said biasingmeans includes resilient block means, and strip spring means comprisingan inclined strut and a presser foot extending from said strut, saidstrut being connected with said web of either said splice member andsaid splice support structure and sprung having said presser footcontacting the other said web of said splice member and splice supportstructure, and said biasing means having said resilient block meansdisposed compressed behind said presser foot for biasing said presserfoot to support said splice member web while said splice member web isagainst said webs of said pair of coping members and said leg portionsof said pair of coping members are engaged with said leg. portions ofsaid splice support structure.

10. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said rear legportion of said splice support structure is adapted to be latchedlyengaged, and screws, having shanks through apertures in said rear legportions of said pair of coping members and said shanks threadedlyengaging said pair of coping members in said apertures, engage said rearleg portion of said splice support structure latchedly against upwardmovement of said pair of coping members rearwardly in said copingstructure.

11. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein there isfurther included contact and second support means, the latter said meanscomprising, contact means extending adjacent to said web of a first ofsaid pair of coping members inside the channel of said first copingmember and spaced longitudinally of said first coping member away fromopposite longitudinal ends of said first coping member, and contactsupport structure securely on said wall and including a web and frontand rear legs interconnected by said web of said contact supportstructure, said front leg of said contact support structure having aportion for being engaged with said front leg portion of said firstcoping member for restraining said first copingmember at least againstupward'movement forwardly in said coping structure, and said rear leg ofsaid contact support structure having a portion to be engaged with saidrear leg portion of said first coping member for restraining said firstcoping member at least against upward movement rearwardly in said copingstructure, said contact support structure web comprising a raisedforward web portion supported by said front leg of said contact supportstructure to sustain said contact means while said contact means iscontiguous to said web of said first coping member forwardly in saidcoping structure and impede said first coping member forwardly in thecoping structure against downward movement, having said first copingmember arrested at least against upward movement through said frontportion of said first coping member and said front leg portion of saidcontact support structure being engaged, and said contact supportstructure further being characterized by said web thereof having a lowerrearward portion adjacent to the top of said wall, and said contact andsecond support means further including resilient biasing means extendingdeflected intermediately of said web of said contact support structureand said contact member for supporting said contact means rearwardly ofsaid forward raised web portion of said contact support structureagainst said web of said first coping member while said front legportion of said first coping member is engaged with said front legportion of said contact support structure and said rear leg portion ofsaid first coping member and said rear leg portion of said contactsupport structure are engaged.

12. in a coping structure for capping a wall, the combination whichincludes; a pair of inverted channel-like coping members havingcontiguous longitudinal end portions forming a transverse seam and saidpair of coping members each comprising a web disposed over the top ofsaid wall, and front and rear legs projecting from said web andextending adjacent to said wall outside front and rear sides of saidwall respectively and said legs including portions to be engaged forrestraining said coping member at least against upward movement; andsplice and first support means, said means including, a splice membercomprising front and rear sheet material legs and a sheet material webintegral with said splice member legs, said splice member legs and webbeing across said seam and in overlap with said legs and webs of saidpair of coping members inside the channels of said pair of copingmembers, and splice support structure securely on said wall andincluding a sheet material web and sheet material front and rear legsintegral with said web of said splice support structure, said front andrear legs and web of said splice support structure being disposedintermediately of said wall and said front and rear legs and web of saidsplice member and having portions to be engaged with said leg portionsof said pair of coping members for arresting at least upward movement ofsaid pair of coping members, said splice support structure webcomprising a forward raised web portion supported by said front leg ofsaid splice support structure for said splice support structure tosustain said splice member forwardly in said coping structure incontiguity to said webs of said pair of coping members and impede saidpair of coping members forwardly against downward movement, having saidpair of coping members arrested at least against upward movement throughsaid front leg portions of said pair of coping members being engagedwith said frontleg portion of said splice support structure, and saidsplice support structure further being characterized by said web thereofhaving a lower rearward portion adjacent to the top of said wall, andsaid splice and first support means further including resilient biasingmeans extending deflected intermediately of said web of said splicesupport structure and said splice member web for urging said splicemember web upwardly against said webs of said pair of coping members atleast rearwardly of said forward raised web portion of said splicesupport structure while said leg portions of said splice supportstructure are engaged with said leg portions of said pair of copingmembers and restrain said pair of coping members at least against upwardmovement.

13. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 12 wherein said webs ofsaid pair of coping members slope rearwardly downwardly in the copingstructure, having said front leg portions of said pair of coping membersengaged with said front leg portion of said splice support structure andsaid rear leg portions of said pair of coping members and said rear legportion of said splice support structure engaged.

14. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 13 wherein said biasingmeans includes strip spring means including an inclined strut interposedbetween said lower rearward portion of said splice support structure weband said splice member web and deflected for supporting said splicemember web while said splice member web is against said webs of saidcoping members and said front leg portions of said coping members areengaged with said front leg portion of said splice support structure andsaid rear leg portions of said coping members and said rear leg portionof said splice support structure are engaged.

15. in a coping structure as set forth in claim 13 wherein said biasingmeans includes resilient block means contacting said lower portion ofsaid splice support structure web and said splice member web andcompressed for supporting said splice member web while said splicemember web is against said web of said coping members and said front legportions of said coping members are engaged with said front leg portionof said splice support structure and said rear leg portions of saidcoping members and said rear leg portion of said splice supportstructure are engaged.

1. In a coping structure for capping a wall, the combination whichincludes; a pair of inverted channel-like coping members havingcontiguous longitudinal end portions forming a transverse seam and saidpair of coping members each comprising a web disposed over the top ofsaid wall, and front and rear legs projecting from said web andextending adjacent to said wall outside front and rear sides of saidwall respectively, said front and rear legs of each of said pair ofcoping members including portions to be engaged for restraining saidcoping member at least against upward movement forwardly and rearwardlyin said coping structure; and splice and first support means, said meansinclUding a splice member comprising front and rear legs and a webinterconnecting said splice member legs, said splice member legs and webbeing across said seam and in overlap with said legs and webs of saidpair of coping members inside the channels of said pair of copingmembers, and splice support structure securely on said wall andincluding a web and front and rear legs interconnected by said web ofsaid splice support structure, said front and rear legs and web of saidsplice support structure being disposed intermediately of said wall andsaid front and rear legs and web of said splice member, said front legof said splice support structure having a portion to be engaged withsaid front leg portions of said pair of coping members for arresting atleast upward movement of said pair of coping members, and said rear legof said splice support structure having a portion for being engaged withsaid rear leg portions of said pair of coping members for arresting atleast upward movement of said pair of coping members, said splicesupport structure web comprising a raised forward web portion supportedby said front leg of said splice support structure for said splicesupport structure to sustain said splice member web while said splicemember web is contiguous to said webs of said pair of coping membersforwardly in said coping structure and impede said pair of copingmembers forwardly against downward movement, having said pair of copingmembers arrested at least against upward movement through said portionsof said front legs of said pair of coping members and said front legportion of said splice support structure being engaged, and said splicesupport structure further being characterized by said web thereof havinga lower rearward portion adjacent to the top of said wall, and saidsplice and first support means further including resilient biasing meansextending deflected intermediately of said web of said splice supportstructure and said splice member web for supporting said splice memberweb while said splice member web is against said webs of said pair ofcoping members at least rearwardly of said forward raised web portion ofsaid splice support structure and said front leg portions of said pairof coping members are engaged with said front leg portion of said splicesupport structure at least against upward movement of said pair ofcoping members forwardly in said coping structure and said rear legportions of said pair of coping members and said rear leg portion ofsaid splice support structure re engaged at least against upwardmovement of said pair of coping members rearwardly in said copingstructure.
 2. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein saidwebs of said pair of coping members slope rearwardly downwardly in thecoping structure, having said front leg portions of said pair of copingmembers engaged with said front leg end portion of said splice supportstructure and said rear leg portions of said pair of coping members andsaid rear leg portion of said splice support structure engaged.
 3. In acoping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said biasing means ofsaid splice support structure includes strip spring means interposedbetween said lower rearward portion of said splice support structure weband said splice member web and deflected for supporting said splicemember web while said splice member web is against said webs of saidpair of coping members and said front leg portions of said pair ofcoping members are engaged with said front leg portion of said splicesupport structure and said rear leg portions of said pair of copingmembers and said rear leg portion of said splice support structure areengaged.
 4. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 3 wherein saidstrip spring means includes an inclined strut, and a presser footextending from said strut, said strut being connected with said web ofeither said splice member and said splice support structure and sprunghaving said presser foot contacting the other said web of saiD splicemember and said splice support structure, for supporting said splicemember web while said splice member web is against said webs of saidpair of coping members and said leg portions of said pair of copingmembers are engaged with said leg portions of said splice supportstructure.
 5. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 3 wherein saidstrip spring means includes a pair of oppositely inclined struts, andpresser feet extending from said struts, said struts being connectedwith said web of either said splice member and said splice supportstructure and sprung having said presser feet contacting the other saidweb of said splice member and said splice support structure, forsupporting said splice member web while said splice member web isagainst said webs of said pair of coping members and said leg portionsof said pair of coping members are engaged with said leg portions ofsaid splice support structure.
 6. In a coping structure as set forth inclaim 3 wherein said strip spring means includes a pair of oppositelyinclined struts, a base member interconnecting said struts, and presserfeet extending from said struts, said base member being connected withsaid web of either said splice member and said splice support structureand sprung having said presser feet contacting the other said web ofsaid splice member and said splice support structure, for supportingsaid splice member web while said splice member web is against said websof said pair of coping members and said leg portions of said pair ofcoping members are engaged with said leg portions of said splice supportstructure.
 7. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein saidbiasing means includes resilient block means interposed between saidlower web portion of said splice support structure and said splicemember web and compressed for supporting said splice member web whilesaid splice member web is against said webs of said pair of copingmembers and said front leg portion of said pair of coping members areengaged with said front leg portion of said splice support structure andsaid rear leg portions of said pair of coping members and said rear legportion of said splice support structure are engaged.
 8. In a copingstructure as set forth in claim 1 wherein screws, having shanks throughapertures in said rear leg portions of said pair of coping members andsaid rear leg portion of said splice support structure, interconnectsaid rear legs of siad pair of coping members with said rear leg of saidsplice support structure.
 9. In a coping structure as set forth in claim1 wherein said biasing means includes resilient block means, and stripspring means comprising an inclined strut and a presser foot extendingfrom said strut, said strut being connected with said web of either saidsplice member and said splice support structure and sprung having saidpresser foot contacting the other said web of said splice member andsplice support structure, and said biasing means having said resilientblock means disposed compressed behind said presser foot for biasingsaid presser foot to support said splice member web while said splicemember web is against said webs of said pair of coping members and saidleg portions of said pair of coping members are engaged with said legportions of said splice support structure.
 10. In a coping structure asset forth in claim 1 wherein said rear leg portion of said splicesupport structure is adapted to be latchedly engaged, and screws, havingshanks through apertures in said rear leg portions of said pair ofcoping members and said shanks threadedly engaging said pair of copingmembers in said apertures, engage said rear leg portion of said splicesupport structure latchedly against upward movement of said pair ofcoping members rearwardly in said coping structure.
 11. In a copingstructure as set forth in claim 1 wherein there is further includedcontact and second support means, the latter said means comprising,contact means extending adjacent to said web of a first of said pair ofcoping members inside the channel of said first coping member and spacedlongitudinally of said first coping member away from oppositelongitudinal ends of said first coping member, and contact supportstructure securely on said wall and including a web and front and rearlegs interconnected by said web of said contact support structure, saidfront leg of said contact support structure having a portion for beingengaged with said front leg portion of said first coping member forrestraining said first coping member at least against upward movementforwardly in said coping structure, and said rear leg of said contactsupport structure having a portion to be engaged with said rear legportion of said first coping member for restraining said first copingmember at least against upward movement rearwardly in said copingstructure, said contact support structure web comprising a raisedforward web portion supported by said front leg of said contact supportstructure to sustain said contact means while said contact means iscontiguous to said web of said first coping member forwardly in saidcoping structure and impede said first coping member forwardly in thecoping structure against downward movement, having said first copingmember arrested at least against upward movement through said frontportion of said first coping member and said front leg portion of saidcontact support structure being engaged, and said contact supportstructure further being characterized by said web thereof having a lowerrearward portion adjacent to the top of said wall, and said contact andsecond support means further including resilient biasing means extendingdeflected intermediately of said web of said contact support structureand said contact member for supporting said contact means rearwardly ofsaid forward raised web portion of said contact support structureagainst said web of said first coping member while said front legportion of said first coping member is engaged with said front legportion of said contact support structure and said rear leg portion ofsaid first coping member and said rear leg portion of said contactsupport structure are engaged.
 12. In a coping structure for capping awall, the combination which includes; a pair of inverted channel-likecoping members having contiguous longitudinal end portions forming atransverse seam and said pair of coping members each comprising a webdisposed over the top of said wall, and front and rear legs projectingfrom said web and extending adjacent to said wall outside front and rearsides of said wall respectively and said legs including portions to beengaged for restraining said coping member at least against upwardmovement; and splice and first support means, said means including, asplice member comprising front and rear sheet material legs and a sheetmaterial web integral with said splice member legs, said splice memberlegs and web being across said seam and in overlap with said legs andwebs of said pair of coping members inside the channels of said pair ofcoping members, and splice support structure securely on said wall andincluding a sheet material web and sheet material front and rear legsintegral with said web of said splice support structure, said front andrear legs and web of said splice support structure being disposedintermediately of said wall and said front and rear legs and web of saidsplice member and having portions to be engaged with said leg portionsof said pair of coping members for arresting at least upward movement ofsaid pair of coping members, said splice support structure webcomprising a forward raised web portion supported by said front leg ofsaid splice support structure for said splice support structure tosustain said splice member forwardly in said coping structure incontiguity to said webs of said pair of coping members and impede saidpair of coping members forwardly against downward movement, having saidpair of coping members arrested at least aGainst upward movement throughsaid front leg portions of said pair of coping members being engagedwith said front leg portion of said splice support structure, and saidsplice support structure further being characterized by said web thereofhaving a lower rearward portion adjacent to the top of said wall, andsaid splice and first support means further including resilient biasingmeans extending deflected intermediately of said web of said splicesupport structure and said splice member web for urging said splicemember web upwardly against said webs of said pair of coping members atleast rearwardly of said forward raised web portion of said splicesupport structure while said leg portions of said splice supportstructure are engaged with said leg portions of said pair of copingmembers and restrain said pair of coping members at least against upwardmovement.
 13. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 12 whereinsaid webs of said pair of coping members slope rearwardly downwardly inthe coping structure, having said front leg portions of said pair ofcoping members engaged with said front leg portion of said splicesupport structure and said rear leg portions of said pair of copingmembers and said rear leg portion of said splice support structureengaged.
 14. In a coping structure as set forth in claim 13 wherein saidbiasing means includes strip spring means including an inclined strutinterposed between said lower rearward portion of said splice supportstructure web and said splice member web and deflected for supportingsaid splice member web while said splice member web is against said websof said coping members and said front leg portions of said copingmembers are engaged with said front leg portion of said splice supportstructure and said rear leg portions of said coping members and saidrear leg portion of said splice support structure are engaged.
 15. In acoping structure as set forth in claim 13 wherein said biasing meansincludes resilient block means contacting said lower portion of saidsplice support structure web and said splice member web and compressedfor supporting said splice member web while said splice member web isagainst said web of said coping members and said front leg portions ofsaid coping members are engaged with said front leg portion of saidsplice support structure and said rear leg portions of said copingmembers and said rear leg portion of said splice support structure areengaged.